64trout wrote:How do I get rid of that awful, annoying, intrusive, "toolbar" ad thing at the bottom of my screen?

I agree. Why do I always have to delete things like this on this site. Here's a newsflash to the advertisers: If I don't click on your links it means I have no use for the garbage you're peddling. Why do you force me to look at it anyways. All this does is insure that you will NEVER do business with me.

Amen to the comments about the latest couple of 'pop-up' nuisances...hint to Shortline Subaru, yesterday's pop-up advertiser, and whoever else chooses to market their program or product in this fashion: All you are doing is to GUARANTEE my not buying your product or looking into your program. You marketers are just so much ethernet clutter.

i know this has nothing to do with ground site rules but please please please get rid of that new awful toolbar that impedes on me reading this paper online? everytime i click to the home page, the tool bar on the bottom of the screen pops up with a car insurance advertisement and i have to close the thing everytime i go from home page to an article. when i open an article it pops back up and you have to close that thing again. i have read so many people complaining about this new annoying tool bar that cant be turned off. we should have the option to turn it off or block it. the netflix ad is bad enough, now we have a full on facebook/ twitter pop up in your face all the time with adds that you have to close repeatedly. i understand the importance of advertisement but that things a little rediculous! please tell somebody about the complaints on the new tool bar if you can.

At home I use Firefox, and the toolbar is there. I don't find it that annoying, as one can click on the far left and minimize it. Here at my shop we use Google Chrome, and there's no toolbar.

Edit: scratch what I said—it shows up on this browser too. Here's what I do:• When it shows up, click on the arrow thingee on the far left, which will minimize it.• When opening articles from the home page, right-click and open them in a new tab. This will prevent the toolbar from reloading each time you return to the homepage.

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pocket deuces wrote:i know this has nothing to do with ground site rules but please please please get rid of that new awful toolbar that impedes on me reading this paper online? everytime i click to the home page, the tool bar on the bottom of the screen pops up with a car insurance advertisement and i have to close the thing everytime i go from home page to an article. when i open an article it pops back up and you have to close that thing again. i have read so many people complaining about this new annoying tool bar that cant be turned off. we should have the option to turn it off or block it. the netflix ad is bad enough, now we have a full on facebook/ twitter pop up in your face all the time with adds that you have to close repeatedly. i understand the importance of advertisement but that things a little rediculous! please tell somebody about the complaints on the new tool bar if you can.

I've moved this topic to its own thread where we can discuss it more and others can add their input.

We appreciate your feedback regarding the toolbar, and I have forwarded your comments to the right people. I assure you we are listening closely to all the input we're getting from readers. Thanks for letting us know.

Running chrome on Kubuntu so I get to skip it. However, we have an archos 101 tablet. The page is badly messed up. I mean, badly. I did find the mobile link and jumped to that instead.

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pocket deuces wrote:i know this has nothing to do with ground site rules but please please please get rid of that new awful toolbar that impedes on me reading this paper online? everytime i click to the home page, the tool bar on the bottom of the screen pops up with a car insurance advertisement and i have to close the thing everytime i go from home page to an article. when i open an article it pops back up and you have to close that thing again. i have read so many people complaining about this new annoying tool bar that cant be turned off. we should have the option to turn it off or block it. the netflix ad is bad enough, now we have a full on facebook/ twitter pop up in your face all the time with adds that you have to close repeatedly. i understand the importance of advertisement but that things a little rediculous! please tell somebody about the complaints on the new tool bar if you can.

I've moved this topic to its own thread where we can discuss it more and others can add their input.

We appreciate your feedback regarding the toolbar, and I have forwarded your comments to the right people. I assure you we are listening closely to all the input we're getting from readers. Thanks for letting us know.

thank you i appreciate it, and many more people seem to as well. thanks all for the input and information from all.

Professor Silly wrote:At home I use Firefox, and the toolbar is there. I don't find it that annoying, as one can click on the far left and minimize it. Here at my shop we use Google Chrome, and there's no toolbar.

Edit: scratch what I said—it shows up on this browser too. Here's what I do:• When it shows up, click on the arrow thingee on the far left, which will minimize it.• When opening articles from the home page, right-click and open them in a new tab. This will prevent the toolbar from reloading each time you return to the homepage.

64trout wrote:How do I get rid of that godawful, annoying, intrusive, "toolbar" ad thing at the bottom of my screen? I never said OK it could be installed.

It's not installed on your computer, don't worry -- it's just part of our website. You shouldn't see it on any other site unless that site is using the same tool on their pages.

The bar can be minimized with the small triangle button at the left. Professor Silly has another suggestion above for users wishing to see less of the new toolbar.

For everyone: I'm going to be moving comments that complain about the toolbar into this thread from elsewhere when I spot them, and we won't issue any warnings for them for being off topic. Please file an abuse report if you see one and state the reason as "Toolbar complaint -- please forward to DanS."